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October 12th, 2012

October 12, 2012

Auglaize County residents will likely soon carry the burden of paying for four more monitoring wells — at a cost of approximately $20,000 more per year — at the former St. Marys landfill that now houses the Auglaize County Recycling Center.

Auglaize County Solid Waste Coordinator Dave Reichelderfer, discussed the likely scenario Thursday with the Auglaize County commissioners during a meeting at the commissioners office at Auglaize Acres.

October 12, 2012

BUCKLAND — Buckland village residents will receive their first bill in December to pay for upgrades to the village’s sewer system.

Buckland Village Council members learned Thursday all residents will get their first assessment when they receive their bills scheduled to go out Dec. 1. The assessment, which will be charged at a rate of $20 per parcel, will help pay costs of the new wastewater treatment plant.

October 12, 2012

October 12, 2012

Beatrice Caroline Cummings, 95, of Cridersville, formerly of Waynesfield, Wapakoneta and Winter Haven, Fla., died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, at Otterbein-Cridersville.
She was born May 16, 1917, in Lima, to John Bertha Caroline (Jones) and Thomas Cummings. On Jan. 15, 1939, she married Gordon Wilford Cummings, and he preceded her in death Feb. 9, 2003.
Surviving are a daughter, Roseann Couchenour, of Cleveland; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

October 11th

October 11, 2012

Two Dayton men were arrested Tuesday in Wapakoneta part of an undercover drug buy by the Auglaize-Mercer Grand Lake Drug Task Force.

Denisen Dancer, 27, and Tyran Gooch, 18, are being held in Auglaize County Jail after being arrested following a short-term investigation where undercover officers seized a substantial amount of heroin and cocaine, with a street value of approximately.

October 11, 2012

SIDNEY — After a host of local, state and federal officials spoke, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s tour bus pulled up to the stage at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Sidney Wednesday at promptly 7 p.m., sending most in attendance into a frenzy and back into a chant of “Four more weeks.” This was a chant started earlier by state Rep. John Adams, R-Sidney, during his address to the crowd, referring to the 27 days left until the election.

October 11, 2012

A county agency is gearing up for a festival to help get people into the spirit of the season — and to raise some funds for their organization.

The Auglaize County Council on Aging (ACCA) is hosting their first annual Auglaize County Harvestfest from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds. Patrons can enter through the east gate entrance.

ACCA Executive Director Christina Roby said this is an event for all ages to enjoy.